I am a 1st time homeowner. Weve been there 6 months now. It is a split level home so it has a finished basement? and an unfinished sub basement off of that with laundry in it. I have attached an AutoCAD image that shows the mancave and garage.
About 2 weeks ago we had part of the ceiling replaced in the garage because our jetted tub upstairs decided to have a leak at the pump which caused some nice water damage to the ceiling below. While the contractor was fixing the ceiling we asked about cooling off the garge since it had no A/C in there and it gets very hot and humid in KS in the summer. So he added 2 registers in the ceiling where the ducts come off the furnace and run up into the bedrooms above. Which you can see in the attached picture.
We went away for a 3 days for our anniversary and came back and my mancave now smells a bit musty. If we open windows or the door to the backyard it goes away fairly quickly but id like to tackle the actual problem of what is causing it. We can see no visable signs of water damage anywhere or dampness in the carpet.
Could the smell have something to do with the 2 new registers in the garage? The weather has been a lot nicer this past week. Went from 90-100s down to 70-80 degrees so the A/C has not been running as much.
Pic:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/soulcougher73/MANCAVE.JPG
And for any Home Theater fans you can see my baby in the lower left corner of the man cave
About 2 weeks ago we had part of the ceiling replaced in the garage because our jetted tub upstairs decided to have a leak at the pump which caused some nice water damage to the ceiling below. While the contractor was fixing the ceiling we asked about cooling off the garge since it had no A/C in there and it gets very hot and humid in KS in the summer. So he added 2 registers in the ceiling where the ducts come off the furnace and run up into the bedrooms above. Which you can see in the attached picture.
We went away for a 3 days for our anniversary and came back and my mancave now smells a bit musty. If we open windows or the door to the backyard it goes away fairly quickly but id like to tackle the actual problem of what is causing it. We can see no visable signs of water damage anywhere or dampness in the carpet.
Could the smell have something to do with the 2 new registers in the garage? The weather has been a lot nicer this past week. Went from 90-100s down to 70-80 degrees so the A/C has not been running as much.
Pic:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/soulcougher73/MANCAVE.JPG
And for any Home Theater fans you can see my baby in the lower left corner of the man cave
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